GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
swillwash
remissnegligent in the performance of work or duty : careless
damnto condemn to a punishment or fate
vendorone that vends : seller
disbarto expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
zealeagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
emollientmaking soft or supple